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ELKINS Newly elected Mayor Jerry Marco has created a new task force to deal with drug addiction and homelessness in the City of Elkins.
The Addiction and Homeless Resources Task Force will include one Elkins City Council member, Elkins Police Chief Travis Bennett and Randolph County Sheriff Rob Elbon. The Task Force will also include at least four citizen members.
Marco said Task Force members will “seek and share information about available strategies and resources, as well as identifying and advocating for needed new resources” in the areas of “addiction and homelessness prevention and response,” according to a city press release, which also states, “This body will also look for opportunities to reduce duplication of efforts.”
Staff Writer
ELKINS The Randolph County Commission approved nearly $28,000 in spending Thursday for upgrades and repairs to the Randolph County Courthouse and the courthouse annex during Thursday’s regular meeting.
The first item on the agenda was replacing the security cameras in both the courthouse and the annex. In the past six to nine months, both facilities ‘ cameras have stopped functioning.
“We knew that we needed to get our security coverage back in both buildings,” Randolph County Commission President Mark Scott said. “Apparently when the server died in the buildings we lost everything.”
The new camera system will also give officials the ability to easily monitor what is going on in both facilities through use of an iPad.